Genius & Anxiety : : how Jews Changed the World, 1847-1947
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"In a hundred-year period, a handful of men and women changed the way we see the world. Many of them are well known--Marx, Freud, Proust, Einstein, Kafka. Others have vanished from collective memory despite their enduring importance in our daily lives. Without Karl Landsteiner, for instance, there would be no blood transfusions or major surgery. Without Paul Ehrlich, no chemotherapy. Without Siegfried Marcus, no motor car. Without Rosalind Franklin, genetic science would look very different. Without Fritz Haber, there would not be enough food to sustain life on earth. What do these visionaries have in common? They all had Jewish origins. They all had a gift for thinking in wholly original, even earth-shattering ways. In 1847 the Jewish people made up less than 0.25% of the world's population, and yet they saw what others could not. How? Why?"--Amazon.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc, 2019.
Year Published: 2019
Description: 438 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
1982134224
9781982134228
SUBJECTS
Jews -- Biography.
Gifted persons -- Biography.
Jews -- History -- 19th century.
Jews -- History -- 20th century.